George Childress
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George Campbell Childress was a lawyer, politician, and a principal author of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
George C. Childress is credited as being the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Statue of Childress at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Park in the Washington-on-the-Brazos
Convention of 1836
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The Convention of 1836 was the meeting of elected delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas in March 1836. The Texas Revolution had begun five months previously, and the interim government, known a
Replica of the building at Washington-on-the-Brazos where the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed. An inscription reads: "Here a Nation was born".
David G. Burnet was elected the interim president of the new Republic of Texas.